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Masaomi - Wig
So, despite having all the fabric in the world for Masaomi (both costumes)... I've been working on his wig for about a week now.
I was inspired by a cosmode magazine that I picked up last summer to think about combining wigs to make styles/color combinations that aren't available. Masaomi turned out to be the perfect opportunity.
I started with a fun flip (blue) and a Rod (blue). The fun flip isn't /as/ bad as it looks in the cosworx picture, but it's perfect for Atobe or Eiji and NOT for Masaomi. Hence the Rod. After planning and agonizing a bit, I started cutting wefts out of the rod. A 'weft' is a chunk of hair on a single strand of the wig... it makes sense once you start doing it.
The first thing I did was to add the back-neck extension from the rod onto the fun flip, which helped start the look. Then I started adding rows of the longer hair from the mullet in between layers of the funflip. This is not as fun as it sounds, nor as easy as I thought it would be. A wig head is absolutely a necessity and I highly recommend having those big alligator hair clips before doing this, I don't and it's a pain. Anyway, after a few wefts, I decided to ad the rods ear-tabs as well... at first it was because I thought the wig didn't fit me, but it's not really so bad if I have my hair up better.
Over the last two nights I did ear-tabs, bangs (still need another set up there), and then the temples.
So far, I've added probably 10 or 12 extra pieces to the funflip and I have 8 more small pieces pinned in just below the ears right now. I'm guessing I'll max out around 30, mostly because I'll run out of wefts from the rod around then. I'm still unhappy with the way the bangs curl, but overall the results are making me pretty happy.
This technique will hopefully continue to be usefull. Especially considering that Tomomori and Shigehira/Shirogane will probably both need eartails added to their wigs. -_-;;
I'm hoping to pry myself out of bed Saturday morning in time to go into work before open and lay out Masaomi's red kimono and lining for cutting. I might also do it tomorrow at/after close. We'll see how motivated I am.
I'm starting to think of Detour as something that I'm aiming for. Which is a nice thought. I should really just suck it up and register... that would hopefully scare me into behaving and saving up a little money.
I was inspired by a cosmode magazine that I picked up last summer to think about combining wigs to make styles/color combinations that aren't available. Masaomi turned out to be the perfect opportunity.
I started with a fun flip (blue) and a Rod (blue). The fun flip isn't /as/ bad as it looks in the cosworx picture, but it's perfect for Atobe or Eiji and NOT for Masaomi. Hence the Rod. After planning and agonizing a bit, I started cutting wefts out of the rod. A 'weft' is a chunk of hair on a single strand of the wig... it makes sense once you start doing it.
The first thing I did was to add the back-neck extension from the rod onto the fun flip, which helped start the look. Then I started adding rows of the longer hair from the mullet in between layers of the funflip. This is not as fun as it sounds, nor as easy as I thought it would be. A wig head is absolutely a necessity and I highly recommend having those big alligator hair clips before doing this, I don't and it's a pain. Anyway, after a few wefts, I decided to ad the rods ear-tabs as well... at first it was because I thought the wig didn't fit me, but it's not really so bad if I have my hair up better.
Over the last two nights I did ear-tabs, bangs (still need another set up there), and then the temples.
So far, I've added probably 10 or 12 extra pieces to the funflip and I have 8 more small pieces pinned in just below the ears right now. I'm guessing I'll max out around 30, mostly because I'll run out of wefts from the rod around then. I'm still unhappy with the way the bangs curl, but overall the results are making me pretty happy.
This technique will hopefully continue to be usefull. Especially considering that Tomomori and Shigehira/Shirogane will probably both need eartails added to their wigs. -_-;;
I'm hoping to pry myself out of bed Saturday morning in time to go into work before open and lay out Masaomi's red kimono and lining for cutting. I might also do it tomorrow at/after close. We'll see how motivated I am.
I'm starting to think of Detour as something that I'm aiming for. Which is a nice thought. I should really just suck it up and register... that would hopefully scare me into behaving and saving up a little money.